US aircraft developer Electra has established a dedicated defence business unit to pursue military applications for its EL9 ...

Speaking of airplanes, I imagine that it takes a long runway for takeoff and landing, but there are also airplanes that can take off and land with just a few meters of ground. Web media Kottke ...

F-35シリーズには、空軍向けで滑走離着陸（CTOL=Conventional TakeOff and Landing）だけを行う「A型」。岩国基地へ配備された海兵隊向けのSTOVL（Short TakeOff and Vertical Landing）機である「B型」。そして空母（CV）での運用を行うための装備を備え、主翼や垂直尾翼、水平 ...

本連載では過去に第64回から第73回にかけて、垂直離着陸(VTOL : Vertical Take-Off and Landing)と短距離離着陸(STOL : Short Take-Off and Landing)を取り上げている。ここで、改めてF-35Bに的を絞り、以前には触れなかった話も交えながら書いてみよう。 F-35Bとはどんな機体?

第65～74回で、VTOL(Vertical Take-Off and Landing)機とSTOL(Short Take-Off and Landing)機について取り上げた。そのうち、VTOL機は主翼の揚力に頼らずに浮揚できなければ成り立たず、その際に浮揚力の源となるのはエンジンだけ。だから、エンジンが発揮できる浮揚力が機体 ...

Hanwha Aerospace said on the 15th that on the 14th (local time) in Washington, D.C., at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) defense exhibition, it signed a joint development contract with ...

South Korean and US firms signed a deal to jointly develop a short take-off and landing (STOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday. South Korean defense giant Hanwha ...

Airframe BF-01 performed the F-35’s first vertical landing on Mar. 18, 2010, and the first vertical takeoff on May 10, 2013, at NAS Patuxent River. The first F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take-Off ...

POCOLA, Okla. -- The skies will be filled with the roar of powerful engines over Pocola when competitors in the largest Short Take-off and Landing competition in the world arrive at Patriot Airpark.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced Tuesday it is teaming up with South Korean firm Hanwha Aerospace to develop and produce a short-takeoff-and-landing version of the Gray Eagle drone. The ...

The aircraft is based upon the lightest construction available from Cub Crafters – the Carbon Cub. The modifications necessary to execute this project have inspired the manufacturer to develop a brand ...